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World Cup fever: Scoring the goal

DELMIA Quintiq

During a game, a football player has to make decisions based on the information at hand, including which players are around him.Obviously, there are limits to how much information he can take in or process, and this limits his choices.

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Bringing Freight Online with WebCargoNet and Freightos

Freightos

In Portugal it took a mere two months to snap up every airline and capture 40% of the forwarder market. So at the peak of the global crisis – with Spain being particularly hard hit – and despite pleas from their families, the two teenagers quit their studies and started a freight revolution. They never looked back.

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Two Kinds of Supply Chain Risk and How to Prepare for Them

ToolsGroup

A key test came when Shamir had to shut down its European distribution center in Portugal for two months to introduce a new warehouse management system (WMS). Global prescription lens maker Shamir Optical needed to restructure its distribution network following a merger and re-privatization.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 30 – November 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Song of the Week: “Live in the Moment” by Portugal. A lot more education and selling needs to take place in order for blockchain to gain traction in supply chain management — and this includes convincing supply chain software vendors on the merits of blockchain too, many of whom are taking a “wait and see” approach at the moment.

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Emma – The Sleep Company Selects ToolsGroup Supply Chain Planning Software to Support Growth

ToolsGroup

Dennis Schmoltzi and Manuel Mueller, the Sleep Innovation company is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with additional locations in Manila (Philippines), Lisbon (Portugal), Shanghai (China) and Mexico City (Mexico). In 2020, the company achieved a turnover of EUR 405 million (USD 494.7

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Big Data and the Supply Chain: One Important Means of Moving Forward

Kinaxis

Spain or Portugal) but thanks to the supply chain it travels through multiple countries (originating, say, in Asia) along the way. Today’s global manufacturer may have hundreds of factories and distribution centers, and hundreds of thousands of items it sells. An item may be sold in a single market (e.g.,

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Song of the Week: “Feel It Still” by Portugal. That question has crossed the minds of many entrepreneurs and investors throughout the years, leading them to launch companies in this space, only to find out the hard way that it ain’t that easy. And with that, I’m out of time and space. Have a happy weekend! The Man.